Benchmarks

June 14, 1986|By Alexander G. Kapocius.

DOLTON — A recent column by William Raspberry astonished me. It was difficult to comprehend that a university president would order the graduation of nine students who failed to meet the graduation requirements.

Standard requirements determine whether one is equal to it or not. When a standard is compromised, for whatever reason, the entire group of graduates falls suspect to scrutiny. This is detrimental to those who already had met the standards.

Without standard requirements, it becomes difficult to judge each individual. The entire system reverts to a free-for-all when there are no benchmarks.